English football clubs in international competitions

English football clubs have entered European association football competitions (UEFA Champions League/European Cup, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup, UEFA Europa Conference League and the now defunct UEFA Intertoto Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup) since 1955, when Birmingham City and a London XI took part in the inaugural Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. English clubs have also taken part in the FIFA Club World Cup on four occasions and the Intercontinental Cup on six occasions.

The European Cup began in 1955–56, but there was no English representative during that inaugural season as reigning champions Chelsea had been persuaded to withdraw by The Football League. The first English side to participate in the following edition was Manchester United, who were also the first English winners in 1968, ten years after their second entry into the cup had effectively ended when eight of their players died in the Munich air disaster when flying home from Belgrade after qualifying for the 1957–58 semi-final. Tottenham Hotspur won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1963.

Prior to that, England had been pioneers in establishing international competitions, with the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, which was won by West Auckland when they defeated Italian side Juventus in 1909. English teams have participated in UEFA competitions every year save for the years between 1985–1990, when in the aftermath of the Heysel Stadium disaster, all English clubs were banned from Europe by UEFA; Liverpool, who had been playing at the Heysel Stadium against Juventus, were banned for six years, until 1991.

Several teams have played in Europe while being outside the top flight, including more recently Birmingham City and Wigan Athletic. Liverpool are the most successful English team internationally with fourteen honours.

Who qualifies for UEFA competitions[]

From the 2015–16 season, the various permutations allow for a maximum of 5 English clubs to qualify for the UEFA Champions League and 3 for the UEFA Europa League.^[1] From the 2018–19 season, the top four clubs in Europe's four highest ranked leagues qualify directly to the group stage.^[2] These nations are currently England, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The minimum quota is for four English clubs to qualify for the UEFA Champions League and three for the UEFA Europa League.

Wales-based clubs[]

Note that some Premier League clubs are not based in England. Because they are members of the Football Association of Wales (FAW), the question of which country clubs like Cardiff City and Swansea City should represent in European competitions has caused long-running discussions in UEFA. Despite being a member of the FAW, Swansea took up one of England's three available places in the UEFA Europa League in 2013–14, thanks to winning the League Cup in 2012–13. The right of Welsh clubs to take up such English places was in doubt until UEFA clarified the matter in March 2012.^[8]

Multiple winners of European and worldwide competitions from England[]

European and World competition winners[]

Full European record for English league clubs[]

Note: Clubs in bold won the corresponding competition that season.

UEFA Champions League/European Cup[]

English clubs have won the competition fourteen times and been runners up on ten occasions as of 2021.

Season	Club	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
1955–56	None entered
1956–57	Manchester United	Semi-finals	3–5	Real Madrid	1–3 at Santiago Bernabéu 2–2 at Old Trafford
1957–58			2–5	Milan	2–1 at Old Trafford 0–4 at San Siro
1958–59		First round		Young Boys	Walkover – United withdrawn by the Football League
	Wolverhampton Wanderers		3–4	Schalke 04	2–2 at Molineux 1–2 at Glückauf-Kampfbahn
1959–60		Quarter-finals	2–9	Barcelona	0–4 at Camp Nou 2–5 at Molineux
1960–61	Burnley		4–5	Hamburger SV	3–1 at Turf Moor 1–4 at Volksparkstadion
1961–62	Tottenham Hotspur	Semi-finals	3–4	Benfica	1–3 at Estádio da Luz 2–1 at White Hart Lane
1962–63	Ipswich Town	First round	2–4	Milan	0–3 at San Siro 2–1 at Portman Road
1963–64	Everton	Preliminary round	0–1	Inter Milan	0–0 at Goodison Park 0–1 at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
1964–65	Liverpool	Semi-finals	3–4		3–1 at Anfield 0–3 at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
1965–66	Manchester United		1–2	Partizan	0–1 at Partizan 1–0 at Old Trafford
1966–67	Liverpool	Second round	3–7	Ajax	1–5 at De Meer 2–2 at Anfield
1967–68	Manchester United	Winners	4–1 aet.	Benfica	Wembley Stadium
1968–69	Manchester City	First round	1–2	Fenerbahçe	0–0 at Maine Road 1–2 at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium
	Manchester United	Semi-finals		Milan	0–2 at San Siro 1–0 at Old Trafford
1969–70	Leeds United		1–3	Celtic	0–1 at Elland Road 1–2 at Hampden Park
1970–71	Everton	Quarter-finals	1–1 (a)	Panathinaikos	1–1 at Goodison Park 0–0 at Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
1971–72	Arsenal		1–3	Ajax	1–2 at De Meer Stadion 0–1 at Highbury Stadium
1972–73	Derby County	Semi-finals	1–3	Juventus	1–3 at Stadio Comunale 0–0 at Baseball Ground
1973–74	Liverpool	Second round	2–4	Red Star Belgrade	1–2 at Red Star Stadium 1–2 at Anfield
1974–75	Leeds United	Final	0–2	Bayern Munich	Parc des Princes
1975–76	Derby County	Second round	5–6 (a.e.t.)	Real Madrid	4–1 at Baseball Ground 1–5 at Santiago Bernabéu
1976–77	Liverpool	Winners	3–1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Stadio Olimpico
1977–78		Winners	1–0	Club Brugge	Wembley Stadium
1978–79	Liverpool	First round	0–2	Nottingham Forest	0–2 at City Ground 0–0 at Anfield
	Nottingham Forest	Winners	1–0	Malmö FF	Olympiastadion Munich
1979–80	Liverpool	First round	2–4	Dinamo Tbilisi	2–1 at Anfield 0–3 at Boris Paichadze Stadium
	Nottingham Forest	Winners	1–0	Hamburger SV	Santiago Bernabéu
1980–81	Nottingham Forest	First round	0–2	CSKA Sofia	0–1 at Balgarska Armia Stadium 0–1 at City Ground
	Liverpool	Winners	1–0	Real Madrid	Parc des Princes
1981–82	Liverpool	Quarter-finals	1–2 (a.e.t.)	CSKA Sofia	0–1 at Anfield 2–0 at Balgarska Armia Stadium
	Aston Villa	Winners	1–0	Bayern Munich	De Kuip
1982–83	Liverpool	Quarter-finals	3–4	Widzew Łódź	0–2 at Stadion Widzewa 3–2 at Anfield
	Aston Villa		2–5	Juventus	1–2 at Villa Park 1–3 at Stadio Olimpico di Torino
1983–84	Liverpool	Winners	1–1 aet. (4–2 p)	Roma	Stadio Olimpico
1984–85		Final	0–1	Juventus	Heysel Stadium
1985–86	Banned
1986–87	Banned
1987–88	Banned
1988–89	Banned
1989–90	Banned
1990–91[a]	Banned
1991–92	Arsenal	Second round	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Benfica	1–1 at Estádio da Luz 1–3 at Highbury
1992–93	Leeds United		2–4	Rangers	1–2 at Elland Road 1–2 at Ibrox
1993–94	Manchester United		3–3 (a)	Galatasaray	3–3 at Old Trafford 0–0 at Ali Sami Yen Stadium
1994–95	Manchester United	3rd in group stage	N/A	IFK Göteborg, Barcelona, Galatasaray
1995–96	Blackburn Rovers	4th in group stage	N/A	Spartak Moscow, Legia Warsaw, Rosenborg
1996–97	Manchester United	Semi-finals	0–2	Borussia Dortmund	0–1 at Signal Iduna Park 0–1 at Old Trafford
1997–98	Newcastle United	3rd in group stage	N/A	Dynamo Kyiv, PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona
	Manchester United	Quarter-finals	1–1 (a)	Monaco	0–0 at Stade Louis II 1–1 at Old Trafford
1998–99	Arsenal	3rd in group stage	N/A	Dynamo Kyiv, Lens, Panathinaikos
	Manchester United	Winners	2–1	Bayern Munich	Camp Nou
1999–2000	Arsenal	3rd in first group stage	UEFA	Barcelona, Fiorentina, AIK
	Chelsea	Quarter-finals	4–6 (a.e.t.)	Barcelona	3–1 at Stamford Bridge 1–5 at Camp Nou
	Manchester United		2–3	Real Madrid	0–0 at Santiago Bernabéu 2–3 at Old Trafford
2000–01	Arsenal	Quarter-finals	2–2 (a)	Valencia	2–1 at Highbury 0–1 at Mestalla
	Manchester United		1–3	Bayern Munich	0–1 at Old Trafford 1–2 at Olympiastadion
	Leeds United	Semi-finals	0–3	Valencia	0–0 at Elland Road 0–3 at Mestalla
2001–02	Arsenal	3rd in second group stage	N/A	Bayer Leverkusen, Deportivo La Coruña, Juventus
	Liverpool	Quarter-finals	3–4	Bayer Leverkusen	1–0 at Anfield 2–4 at BayArena
	Manchester United	Semi-finals	3–3 (a)		2–2 at Old Trafford 1–1 at BayArena
2002–03	Liverpool	3rd in first group stage	UEFA	Valencia, Basel, Spartak Moscow
	Newcastle United	3rd in second group stage	N/A	Barcelona, Inter Milan, Bayer Leverkusen
	Arsenal			Valencia, Ajax, Roma
	Manchester United	Quarter-finals	5–6	Real Madrid	1–3 at Santiago Bernabéu 4–3 at Old Trafford
2003–04	Newcastle United	Third qualifying round	1–1 (4–3 p) (UEFA)	Partizan	1–0 at Partizan Stadium 0–1 at St James' Park
	Manchester United	Quarter-finals	2–3	Porto	1–2 at Estádio do Dragão 1–1 at Old Trafford
	Arsenal			Chelsea	1–1 at Stamford Bridge 1–2 at Highbury
	Chelsea	Semi-finals	3-5	Monaco	1–3 at Stade Louis II 2–2 at Stamford Bridge
2004–05	Manchester United	Round of 16	0–2	Milan	0–1 at Old Trafford 0–1 at San Siro
	Arsenal		2–3	Bayern Munich	1–3 at Allianz Arena 1–0 at Highbury
	Chelsea	Semi-finals	0–1	Liverpool	0–0 at Stamford Bridge 0–1 at Anfield
	Liverpool	Winners	3–3 aet. (3–2 p)	Milan	Atatürk Olympic Stadium
2005–06	Everton	Third qualifying round	2–4 UEFA	Villarreal	1–2 at Goodison Park 1–2 at Estadio El Madrigal
	Manchester United	4th in group stage	N/A	Villarreal, Benfica, Lille
	Chelsea	Round of 16	2–3	Barcelona	1–2 at Stamford Bridge 0–1 at Camp Nou
	Liverpool		0–3	Benfica	0–1 at Estádio da Luz 0–2 at Anfield
	Arsenal	Final	1–2	Barcelona	Stade de France
2006–07	Arsenal	Round of 16	1–2	PSV Eindhoven	0–1 at Philips Stadion 1–1 at Emirates Stadium
	Chelsea	Semi-finals	1–1 (1–4 p)	Liverpool	1–0 at Stamford Bridge 0–1 at Anfield
	Manchester United	Semi-finals	3–5	Milan	3–2 at Old Trafford 0–3 at San Siro
	Liverpool	Final	1–2		Olympic Stadium
2007–08	Arsenal	Quarter-finals	3–5	Liverpool	1–1 at Emirates Stadium 2–4 at Anfield
	Liverpool	Semi-finals	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea	1–1 at Anfield 2–3 at Stamford Bridge
	Chelsea	Final	1–1 (5–6 p)	Manchester United	Luzhniki Stadium
	Manchester United	Winners	1–1 (6–5 p)	Chelsea	Luzhniki Stadium
2008–09	Liverpool	Quarter-finals	5–7	Chelsea	1–3 at Anfield 4–4 at Stamford Bridge
	Chelsea	Semi-finals	1–1 (a)	Barcelona	0–0 at Camp Nou 1–1 at Stamford Bridge
	Arsenal		1–4	Manchester United	0–1 at Old Trafford 1–3 at Emirates Stadium
	Manchester United	Final	0–2	Barcelona	Stadio Olimpico
2009–10	Liverpool	3rd in group stage	UEFA	Fiorentina, Lyon, Debrecen
	Chelsea	Round of 16	1–3	Inter Milan	1–2 at San Siro 0–1 at Stamford Bridge
	Arsenal	Quarter-finals	3–6	Barcelona	2–2 at Emirates Stadium 1–4 at Camp Nou
	Manchester United		4–4 (a)	Bayern Munich	1–2 at Allianz Arena 3–2 at Old Trafford
2010–11	Arsenal	Round of 16	3–4	Barcelona	2–1 at Emirates Stadium 1–3 at Camp Nou
	Chelsea	Quarter-finals	1–3	Manchester United	0–1 at Stamford Bridge 1–2 at Old Trafford
	Tottenham Hotspur		0–5	Real Madrid	0–4 at Santiago Bernabéu 0–1 at White Hart Lane
	Manchester United	Final	1–3	Barcelona	Wembley Stadium
2011–12	Manchester City	3rd in group stage	UEFA	Bayern Munich, Napoli, Villarreal
	Manchester United			Benfica, Basel, Oțelul Galați
	Arsenal	Round of 16	3–4	Milan	0–4 at San Siro 3–0 at Emirates Stadium
	Chelsea	Winners	1–1 aet. (4–3 p)	Bayern Munich	Allianz Arena
2012–13	Manchester City	4th in group stage	N/A	Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Ajax
	Chelsea	3rd in group stage	UEFA	Juventus, Shakhtar Donetsk, Nordsjælland
	Manchester United	Round of 16	2–3	Real Madrid	1–1 at Santiago Bernabéu 1–2 at Old Trafford
	Arsenal		3–3 (a)	Bayern Munich	1–3 at Emirates Stadium 0–2 at Allianz Arena
2013–14	Arsenal	Round of 16	1–3	Bayern Munich	0–2 at Emirates Stadium 1–1 at Allianz Arena
	Manchester City		1–4	Barcelona	0–2 at Etihad Stadium 1–2 at Camp Nou
	Manchester United	Quarter-finals	2–4	Bayern Munich	1–1 at Old Trafford 1–3 at Allianz Arena
	Chelsea	Semi-finals	1–3	Atlético Madrid	0–0 at Vicente Calderón 1–3 at Stamford Bridge
2014–15	Liverpool	3rd in group stage	UEFA	Real Madrid, Basel, Ludogorets Razgrad
	Manchester City	Round of 16	1–3	Barcelona	1–2 at Etihad Stadium 0–1 at Camp Nou
	Arsenal		3–3 (a)	Monaco	1–3 at Emirates Stadium 2–0 at Stade Louis II
	Chelsea		3–3 (a (a.e.t.)	Paris Saint-Germain	1–1 at Parc des Princes 2–2 at Stamford Bridge
2015–16	Manchester United	3rd in group stage	UEFA	VfL Wolfsburg, PSV Eindhoven, CSKA Moscow
	Arsenal	Round of 16	1–5	Barcelona	0–2 at Emirates Stadium 1–3 at Camp Nou
	Chelsea		2–4	Paris Saint-Germain	1–2 at Parc des Princes 1–2 at Stamford Bridge
	Manchester City	Semi-finals	0–1	Real Madrid	0–0 at Etihad Stadium 0–1 at Santiago Bernabéu
2016–17	Tottenham Hotspur	3rd in group stage	UEFA	Monaco, Bayer Leverkusen, CSKA Moscow
	Arsenal	Round of 16	2–10	Bayern Munich	1–5 at Allianz Arena 1–5 at Emirates Stadium
	Manchester City		6–6 (a)	Monaco	5–3 at Etihad Stadium 1–3 at Stade Louis II
	Leicester City	Quarter-finals	1–2	Atlético Madrid	0–1 at Vicente Calderón 1–1 at King Power Stadium
2017–18	Chelsea	Round of 16	1–4	Barcelona	1–1 at Stamford Bridge 0–3 at Camp Nou
	Manchester United		1–2	Sevilla	0–0 at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 1–2 at Old Trafford
	Tottenham Hotspur		3–4	Juventus	2–2 at Juventus Stadium 1–2 at Wembley Stadium
	Manchester City	Quarter-finals	1–5	Liverpool	0–3 at Anfield 1–2 at Etihad Stadium
	Liverpool	Final	1–3	Real Madrid	NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium
2018–19	Manchester United	Quarter-finals	0–4	Barcelona	0–1 at Old Trafford 0–3 at Camp Nou
	Manchester City		4–4 (a)	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 4–3 at Etihad Stadium
	Tottenham Hotspur	Final	0–2	Liverpool	Wanda Metropolitano
	Liverpool	Winners	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur
2019–20	Chelsea	Round of 16	1–7	Bayern Munich	0–3 at Stamford Bridge 1–4 at Allianz Arena
	Tottenham Hotspur		0–4	RB Leipzig	0–1 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 0–3 at Red Bull Arena
	Liverpool		2–4 (a.e.t.)	Atlético Madrid	0–1 at Wanda Metropolitano 2–3 at Anfield
	Manchester City	Quarter-finals	1–3	Lyon	Estádio José Alvalade
2020–21	Manchester United	3rd in group stage	UEFA	Paris Saint-Germain, RB Leipzig, İstanbul Başakşehir
	Liverpool	Quarter-finals	1–3	Real Madrid	1–3 at Alfredo Di Stéfano 0–0 at Anfield
	Manchester City	Final	0–1	Chelsea	Estádio do Dragão
	Chelsea	Winners	1–0	Manchester City

Note: UEFA denotes qualified for the UEFA Cup/Europa League.

UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League[]

English clubs have won the competition nine times and reached the final on seven other occasions (including 1972 and 2019 when both finalists were from England).

Season	Club	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
1971–72	Southampton	First round	2–3	Athletic Bilbao	2–1 at The Dell 0–2 at San Mamés
	Leeds United		2–4	Lierse	2–0 at Lierse 0–4 at Elland Road
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Final	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2 at Molineux 1–1 at White Hart Lane
	Tottenham Hotspur	Winners	3–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1 at Molineux 1–1 at White Hart Lane
1972–73	Manchester City	First round	3–4	Valencia	2–2 at Maine Road 1–2 at Mestalla
	Stoke City		3–5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	3–1 at Victoria Ground 0–4 at Fritz-Walter-Stadion
	Tottenham Hotspur	Semi-finals	2–2 (a)	Liverpool	0–1 at Anfield 2–1 at White Hart Lane
	Liverpool	Winners	3–2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3–0 at Anfield 0–2 at Bökelbergstadion
1973–74	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Second round	4–4 (a)	Lokomotive Leipzig	0–3 at Bruno-Plache-Stadion 4–1 at Molineux
	Leeds United	Third round	2–3	Vitória de Setúbal	1–0 at Elland Road 1–3 at Estádio do Bonfim
	Ipswich Town	Quarter-finals	1–1 (3–4 p)	Lokomotive Leipzig	1–0 at Portman Road 0–1 at Bruno-Plache-Stadion
	Tottenham Hotspur	Final	2–4	Feyenoord	2–2 at White Hart Lane 0–2 at De Kuip
1974–75	Ipswich Town	First round	3–3 (a)	Twente	2–2 at Portman Road 1–1 at Diekman Stadion
	Stoke City		1–1 (a)	Ajax	1–1 at Victoria Ground 0–0 at De Meer Stadion
	Wolverhampton Wanderers		4–5	Porto	1–4 at Estádio das Antas 3–1 at Molineux
	Derby County	Third round	4–5	Velež Mostar	3–1 at Baseball Ground 1–4 at Bijeli Brijeg Stadium
1975–76	Aston Villa	First round	1–5	Royal Antwerp	1–4 at Bosuilstadion 0–1 at Villa Park
	Everton		0–1	Milan	0–0 at Goodison Park 0–1 at San Siro
	Ipswich Town		3–4	Club Brugge	3–0 at Portman Road 0–4 at Olympiastadion
	Liverpool	Winners	4–3		3–2 at Anfield 1–1 at Olympiastadion
1976–77	Manchester City	First round	1–2	Juventus	1–0 at City Ground 0–2 at Stadio Comunale di Torino
	Derby County	Second round	2–5	AEK Athens	0–2 at Nikos Goumas Stadium 2–3 at Baseball Ground
	Manchester United		1–3	Juventus	1–0 at Old Trafford 0–3 at Stadio Comunale di Torino
	Queen's Park Rangers	Quarter-finals	3–3 (6–7 p)	AEK Athens	3–0 at Loftus Road 0–3 at Nikos Goumas Stadium
1977–78	Manchester City	First round	2–2 (a)	Widzew Łódź	2–2 at Maine Road 0–0 at Stadion Widzewa
	Newcastle United	Second round	2–5 (a)	Bastia	1–2 at Stade Armand Cesari 1–3 at St James' Park
	Ipswich Town	Third round	3–3 (1–3 p)	Barcelona	3–0 at Portman Road 0–3 at Camp Nou
	Aston Villa	Quarter-finals	3–4		2–2 at Villa Park 1–2 at Camp Nou
1978–79	Everton	Second round	2–2 (a)	Dukla Prague	2–1 at Goodison Park 0–1 at Stadion Juliska
	Arsenal	Third round	1–2	Red Star Belgrade	0–1 at Red Star Stadium 1–1 at Highbury
	West Bromwich Albion	Quarter-finals	1–2		0–1 at Red Star Stadium 1–1 at The Hawthorns
	Manchester City		2–4	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1 at Maine Road 1–3 at Bökelbergstadion
1979–80	West Bromwich Albion	First round	1–4	Carl Zeiss Jena	0–2 at Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld 1–2 at The Hawthorns
	Everton		0–2	Feyenoord	0–1 at Feyenoord Stadion 0–1 at Goodison Park
	Leeds United	Second round	0–4	Universitatea Craiova	0–2 at Stadionul Central 0–2 at Elland Road
	Ipswich Town		1–1 (a)	Grasshopper	0–0 at Hardturm 1–1 at Portman Road
1980–81	Wolverhampton Wanderers	First round	2–3	PSV Eindhoven	1–3 at Philips Stadion 1–0 at Molineux
	Manchester United		1–1 (a)	Widzew Łódź	1–1 at Old Trafford 0–0 at Stadion Widzewa
	Ipswich Town	Winners	5–4	AZ	3–0 at Portman Road 2–4 at Olympic Stadium
1981–82	West Bromwich Albion	First round	1–4	Grasshopper	0–1 at Hardturm 1–3 at The Hawthorns
	Ipswich Town		2–4	Aberdeen	1–1 at Portman Road 1–3 at Pittodrie Stadium
	Southampton	Second round	2–4	Sporting CP	2–4 at The Dell 0–0 at Estádio José Alvalade
	Arsenal		2–2 (a)	SV Winterslag	0–1 at Genk 2–1 at Highbury
1982–83	Arsenal	First round	4–8	Spartak Moscow	2–3 at Luzhniki Stadium 2–5 at Highbury
	Manchester United		1–2	Valencia	0–0 at Old Trafford 1–2 at Mestalla
	Ipswich Town		3–4	Roma	0–3 at Stadio Olimpico 3–1 at Portman Road
	Southampton		2–2 (a)	IFK Norrköping	2–2 at The Dell 0–0 at Idrottsparken
1983–84	Aston Villa	Second round	3–4	Spartak Moscow	2–2 at Luzhniki Stadium 1–2 at Villa Park
	Watford	Third round	2–7	Sparta Prague	2–3 at Vicarage Road 0–4 at Letná Stadium
	Nottingham Forest	Semi-finals	2–3	Anderlecht	2–0 at City Ground 0–3 at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
	Tottenham Hotspur	Winners	2–2 (4–3 p)		1–1 at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 1–1 at White Hart Lane
1984–85	Nottingham Forest	First round	0–1	Club Brugge	0–0 at City Ground 0–1 at Olympiastadion
	Southampton		0–2	Hamburger SV	0–0 at The Dell 0–1 at Volksparkstadion
	Queen's Park Rangers	Second round	6–6 (a)	Partizan	6–2 at Loftus Road 0–4 at Partizan Stadium
	Tottenham Hotspur	Quarter-finals	0–1	Real Madrid	0–1 at White Hart Lane 0–0 at Santiago Bernabéu
	Manchester United		1–1 (4–5 p)	Videoton	1–0 at Old Trafford 0–1 at Stadion Sostoi
1985–86	Banned
1986–87	Banned
1987–88	Banned
1988–89	Banned
1989–90	Banned
1990–91[a]	Aston Villa	Second round	2–3	Inter Milan	2–0 at Villa Park 0–3 at San Siro
1991–92[b]	Liverpool	Quarter-finals	1–4	Genoa	0–2 at Stadio Luigi Ferraris 1–2 at Anfield
1992–93[c]	Manchester United	First round	0–0 (3–4 p)	Torpedo Moscow	0–0 at Old Trafford 0–0 at Luzhniki Stadium
	Sheffield Wednesday	Second round	3–5	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–3 at Fritz Walter Stadion 2–2 at Hillsborough Stadium
1993–94[d]	Aston Villa		1–2	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1 at Estadio Riazor 0–1 at Villa Park
	Norwich City	Third round	0–2	Inter Milan	0–1 at Carrow Road 0–1 at San Siro
1994–95[e]	Blackburn Rovers	First round	2–3	Trelleborgs FF	0–1 at Ewood Park 2–2 at Vångavallen
	Newcastle United	Second round	3–3 (a)	Athletic Bilbao	3-2 at St James' Park 0-1 at San Mamés
	Aston Villa		2–2 (a)	Trabzonspor	0–1 at Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium 2–1 at Villa Park
1995–96[f]	Manchester United	First round	2–2 (a)	Rotor Volgograd	0–0 at Rotor Stadium 2–2 at Old Trafford
	Liverpool	Second round	0–1	Brøndby	0–0 at Brøndby Stadium 0–1 at Anfield
	Leeds United		3–8	PSV Eindhoven	3–5 at Elland Road 0–3 at Philips Stadion
	Nottingham Forest	Quarter-finals	2–7	Bayern Munich	1–2 at Olympic Stadium 1–5 at City Ground
1996–97[g]	Arsenal	First round	4–6	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–3 at Highbury 2–3 at Müngersdorfer Stadion
	Aston Villa		1–1 (a)	Helsingborgs IF	1–1 at Villa Park 0–0 at Olympia
	Newcastle United	Quarter-finals	0–4	Monaco	0–1 at St James' Park 0–3 at Stade Louis II
1997–98	Arsenal	First round	1–2	PAOK	0–1 at Toumba Stadium 1–1 at Highbury
	Leicester City		1–4	Atlético Madrid	1–2 at Vicente Calderón Stadium 0–2 at Old Trafford
	Liverpool	Second round	2–3	Strasbourg	0–3 at Stade de la Meinau 2–0 at Anfield
	Aston Villa	Quarter finals	2–2 (a)	Atlético Madrid	0–1 at Vicente Calderón Stadium 2–1 at Villa Park
1998–99	Blackburn Rovers	First round	2–3	Lyon	0–1 at Ewood Park 2–2 at Stade de Gerland
	Leeds United	Second round	0–1	Roma	0–1 at Stadio Olimpico 0–0 at Elland Road
	Aston Villa		2–3	Celta Vigo	1–0 at Villa Park 1–3 at Balaídos
	Liverpool	Third round	2–3		1–3 at Balaídos 1–0 at Anfield
1999–2000	West Ham United	Second round	0–2	Steaua București	0–2 at Stadionul Steaua 0–0 at Boleyn Ground
	Tottenham Hotspur		1–2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	1–0 at White Hart Lane 0–2 at Fritz Walter Stadion
	Newcastle United	Third round	0–1	Roma	0–1 at Stadio Olimpico 0–0 at St James' Park
	Leeds United	Semi-finals	2–4	Galatasaray	0–2 at Ali Sami Yen Stadium 2–2 at Elland Road
	Arsenal	Final	0–0 (1–4 p)		Parken Stadium
2000–01	Leicester City	First round	2–4	Red Star Belgrade	1–1 at Filbert Street 1–3 at Wien
	Chelsea	First round	1–2	St. Gallen	1–0 at Stamford Bridge 0–2 at Espenmoos
	Liverpool	Winners	5–4 (a.s.d.e.t.)	Alavés	Westfalenstadion
2001–02	Aston Villa	First round	3–3 (a)	Varteks	2–3 at Villa Park 1–0 at Stadion Varteks
	Chelsea	Second round	1–3	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–2 at Bloomfield Stadium 1–1 at Stamford Bridge
	Ipswich Town	Third round	2–4	Inter Milan	1–0 at Portman Road 1–4 at San Siro
	Leeds United	Fourth round	0–1	PSV Eindhoven	0–0 at Philips Stadion 0–1 at Elland Road
2002–03	Chelsea	First round	4–5	Viking	2–1 at Stamford Bridge 2–4 at Stavanger Stadion
	Ipswich Town	Second round	1–1 (2–4 p)	Slovan Liberec	1–0 at Portman Road 0–1 at U Nisy Stadium
	Blackburn Rovers		0–3	Celtic	0–1 at Celtic Park 0–2 at Ewood Park
	Leeds United	Third round	1–2	Málaga	0–0 at La Rosaleda Stadium 1–2 at Elland Road
	Fulham		1–2	Hertha BSC	1–2 at Olympic Stadium 0–0 at Craven Cottage
	Liverpool	Quarter-finals	1–3	Celtic	1–1 at Celtic Park 0–2 at Anfield
2003–04	Blackburn Rovers	First round	2–4	Gençlerbirliği	1–3 at Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium 1–1 at Ewood Park
	Southampton		1–2	Steaua București	1–1 at St Mary's Stadium 0–1 at Stadionul Steaua
	Manchester City	Second round	1–1 (a)	Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski	1–1 at City of Manchester Stadium 0–0 at Stadion Dyskobolia
	Liverpool	Fourth round	2–3	Marseille	1–1 at Anfield 1–2 at Stade Vélodrome
	Newcastle United	Semi-finals	0–2		0–0 at St James' Park 0–2 at Stade Vélodrome
2004–05	Millwall	First round	2–4	Ferencváros	1–1 at The Old Den 1–3 at Stadion Albert Flórián
	Middlesbrough	Round of 16	2–4	Sporting CP	2–3 at Riverside Stadium 0–1 at Estádio José Alvalade
	Newcastle United	Quarter-finals	2–4		1–0 at St James' Park 1–4 at Estádio José Alvalade
2005–06	Everton	First round	2–5	Dinamo București	1–5 at Stadionul Dinamo 1–0 at Goodison Park
	Bolton Wanderers	Intermediate round	1–2	Marseille	0–0 at Reebok Stadium 1–2 at Stade Vélodrome
	Middlesbrough	Final	0–4	Sevilla	Philips Stadion
2006–07	West Ham United	First round	0–4	Palermo	0–1 at Boleyn Ground 0–3 at Stadio Renzo Barbera
	Blackburn Rovers	Intermediate round	2–3	Bayer Leverkusen	2–3 at BayArena 0–0 at Ewood Park
	Newcastle United	Round of 16	4–4 (a)	AZ	4–2 at St James' Park 0–2 at DSB Stadion
	Tottenham Hotspur	Quarter-finals	3–4	Sevilla	1–2 at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium 2–2 at White Hart Lane
2007–08	Blackburn Rovers	First round	2–3	AEL Larissa	0–2 at Alcazar Stadium 2–1 at Ewood Park
	Everton	Round of 16	2–2 (2–4 p)	Fiorentina	0–2 at Stadio Artemio Franchi 2–0 at Goodison Park
	Bolton Wanderers		1–2	Sporting CP	1–1 at Reebok Stadium 0–1 at Estádio José Alvalade
	Tottenham Hotspur		1–1 (5–6 p)	PSV Eindhoven	0–1 at White Hart Lane 1–0 at Philips Stadion
2008–09	Everton	First round	3–4	Standard Liège	2–2 at Goodison Park 1–2 at Stade Maurice Dufrasne
	Portsmouth	4thin group stage	N/A	VfL Wolfsburg, Milan, Braga, Heerenveen
	Aston Villa	Intermediate round	1–3	CSKA Moscow	1–1 at Villa Park 0–2 at Luzhniki Stadium
	Tottenham Hotspur			Shakhtar Donetsk	0–2 at Donbass Arena 1–1 at White Hart Lane
	Manchester City	Quarter-finals	3–4	Hamburger SV	1–3 at HSH Nordbank Arena 2–1 at City of Manchester Stadium
2009–10	Aston Villa	Play-off round	2–2 (a)	Rapid Wien	0–1 at Gerhard Hanappi Stadium 2–1 at Villa Park
	Everton	Round of 32	2–4	Sporting CP	2–1 at Goodison Park 0–3 at Estádio José Alvalade
	Liverpool	Semi-finals	2–2 (a a.e.t.)	Atlético Madrid	0–1 at Vicente Calderón Stadium 2–1 at Anfield
	Fulham	Final	2–1 (a.e.t.)		HSH Nordbank Arena
2010–11	Aston Villa	Play-off round	3–4	Rapid Wien	1–1 at Gerhard Hanappi Stadium 2–3 at Villa Park
	Liverpool	Round of 16	0–1	Braga	0–1 at Estádio Municipal de Braga 0–0 at Anfield
	Manchester City		1–2	Dynamo Kyiv	0–2 at Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium 1–0 at City of Manchester Stadium
2011–12	Tottenham Hotspur	3rd in group stage	N/A	PAOK, Rubin Kazan, Shamrock Rovers
	Birmingham City			Club Brugge, Braga, Maribor
	Fulham			Twente, Wisła Kraków, Odense
	Stoke City	Round of 32	0–2	Valencia	0–1 at Britannia Stadium 0–1 at Mestalla
	Manchester United	Round of 16	3–5	Athletic Bilbao	2–3 at Old Trafford 1–2 at San Mamés
	Manchester City		3–3 (a)	Sporting CP	0–1 at Estádio José Alvalade 3–2 at City of Manchester Stadium
2012–13	Liverpool	Round of 32	3–3 (a)	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–2 at Petrovsky Stadium 3–1 at Anfield
	Newcastle United	Quarter-finals	2–4	Benfica	1–3 at Estádio da Luz 1–1 at St James' Park
	Tottenham Hotspur		4–4 (1–4 p)	Basel	2–2 at White Hart Lane 2–2 at St. Jakob-Park
	Chelsea	Winners	2–1	Benfica	Amsterdam Arena
2013–14	Wigan Athletic	4th in group stage	N/A	Rubin Kazan, Maribor, Zulte Waregem
	Swansea City	Round of 32	1–3	Napoli	0–0 at Liberty Stadium 1–3 at Stadio San Paolo
	Tottenham Hotspur	Round of 16	3–5	Benfica	1–3 at White Hart Lane 2–2 at Estádio da Luz
2014–15	Hull City	Play-off round	2–2 (a)	Lokeren	0–1 at Daknamstadion 2–1 at KC Stadium
	Tottenham Hotspur	Round of 32	1–3	Fiorentina	1–1 White Hart Lane 0–2 at Stadio Artemio Franchi
	Liverpool		1–1 (4–5 p)	Beşiktaş	1–0 at Anfield 0–1 at Atatürk Olympic Stadium
	Everton	Round of 16	4–6	Dynamo Kyiv	2–1 at Goodison Park 2–5 at Olympic Stadium
2015–16	West Ham United	Third qualifying round	3–4	Astra Giurgiu	2–2 at Boleyn Ground 1–2 at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici
	Southampton	Play-off round	1–2	Midtjylland	1–1 at St Mary's Stadium 0–1 at MCH Arena
	Tottenham Hotspur	Round of 16	1–5	Borussia Dortmund	0–3 at Signal Iduna Park 1–2 at White Hart Lane
	Manchester United		1–3	Liverpool	0–2 at Anfield 1–1 at Old Trafford
	Liverpool	Final	1–3	Sevilla	St. Jakob-Park
2016–17	West Ham United	Play-off round	1–2	Astra Giurgiu	1–1 at Stadionul Marin Anastasovici 0–1 at Olympic Stadium
	Southampton	3rd in group stage	N/A	Sparta Prague, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Inter Milan
	Tottenham Hotspur	Round of 32	2–3	Gent	0–1 at Ghelamco Arena 2–2 at Wembley Stadium
	Manchester United	Winners	2–0	Ajax	Friends Arena
2017–18	Everton	3rd in group stage	N/A	Atalanta, Lyon, Apollon Limassol
	Arsenal	Semi-finals	1–2	Atlético Madrid	1–1 at Emirates Stadium 0–1 at Wanda Metropolitano
2018–19	Burnley	Play-off round	2–4	Olympiacos	1–3 at Karaiskakis Stadium 1–1 at Turf Moor
	Arsenal	Final	1–4	Chelsea	Baku Olympic Stadium
	Chelsea	Winners	4–1	Arsenal
2019–20	Arsenal	Round of 32	2–2 (a, a.e.t.)	Olympiacos	1–0 at Karaiskakis Stadium 1–2 at Emirates Stadium
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Quarter-finals	0–1	Sevilla	MSV-Arena
	Manchester United	Semi-finals	1–2
2020–21	Leicester City	Round of 32	0–2	Slavia Prague	0–0 at Sinobo Stadium 0–2 at King Power Stadium
	Tottenham Hotspur	Round of 16	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Dinamo Zagreb	2–0 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 0–3 at Stadion Maksimir
	Arsenal	Semi-finals	1–2	Villarreal	1–2 at Estadio de la Cerámica 0–0 at Emirates Stadium
	Manchester United	Final	1–1 (10–11 p)		Stadion Miejski
2021–22	Leicester City	3rd in group stage	N/A	Spartak Moscow, Napoli, Legia Warsaw

UEFA Super Cup[]

English clubs have won the competition nine times and taken part on ten other occasions (only two clubs qualify).

Year	Club	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
1977	Liverpool	Winners	7–1	Hamburger SV	1–1 at Volksparkstadion 6–0 at Anfield
1978	Liverpool	Runners-up	3–4	Anderlecht	1–3 at Parc Astrid 2–1 at Anfield
1979	Nottingham Forest	Winners	2–1	Barcelona	1–0 at City Ground 1–1 at Camp Nou
1980	Nottingham Forest	Runners-up	2–2 (a)	Valencia	2–1 at City Ground 0–1 at Estadio Luís Casanova
1981	(Liverpool) – no match played v Dinamo Tbilisi
1982	Aston Villa	Winners	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Barcelona	0–1 at Camp Nou 3–0 at Villa Park
1984	Liverpool	Runners-up	0–2	Juventus	Stadio Comunale, Turin
1985	Banned (Everton) – no match played v Juventus
1991	Manchester United	Winners	1–0	Red Star Belgrade	Old Trafford, Manchester
1994	Arsenal	Runners-up	1–3	Milan	1–1 at Highbury 0–2 at San Siro
1998	Chelsea	Winners	1–0	Real Madrid	Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo
1999	Manchester United	Runners-up	0–1	Lazio
2001	Liverpool	Winners	3–2	Bayern Munich
2005	Liverpool	Winners	3–1 (a.e.t.)	CSKA Moscow
2008	Manchester United	Runners-up	1–2	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2012	Chelsea	Runners-up	1–4	Atlético Madrid
2013	Chelsea	Runners-up	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 pen.)	Bayern Munich	Eden Aréna, Prague
2017	Manchester United	Runners-up	1–2	Real Madrid	Philip II Arena, Skopje
2019	Liverpool	Winners	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–4 pen.)	Chelsea	Vodafone Park, Istanbul
	Chelsea	Runners-up	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 pen.)	Liverpool
2021	Chelsea	Winners	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 pen.)	Villarreal	Windsor Park, Belfast

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup[]

English clubs won the competition four times and reached the final on four other occasions.

Season	Club	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
1955–58	Birmingham City	Semi-finals	1–2 (Playoff)	Barcelona	Nuevo Estadio
	London XI	Final	2–8		2–2 at Stamford Bridge 0–6 at Nuevo Estadio
1958–60	Chelsea	Quarter-finals	2–4		1–0 at Stamford Bridge 1–4 at Belgrade
	Birmingham City	Final	1–4	Barcelona	0–0 at St Andrew's 1–4 at Camp Nou
1960–61	Birmingham City	Final	2–4	Roma	2–2 at St Andrew's 0–2 at Stadio Olimpico
1961–62	Nottingham Forest	First round	1–7	Valencia	0–2 at Mestalla 1–5 at City Ground
	Birmingham City	Second round	3–5	Espanyol	2–5 at Estadi de Sarrià 1–0 at St Andrew's
	Sheffield Wednesday	Quarter-finals	3–4	Barcelona	3–2 at Hillsborough Stadium 0–2 at Camp Nou
1962–63	Everton	First round	1–2	Dunfermline Athletic	1–0 at Goodison Park 0–2 at East End Park
1963–64	Arsenal	Second round	2–4	RFC Liège	1–1 at Highbury 1–3 at Liège
	Sheffield Wednesday		3–5	1. FC Köln	2–3 at Müngersdorfer Stadion 1–2 at Hillsborough Stadium
1964–65	Everton	Third round	2–3	Manchester United	1–1 at Old Trafford 1–2 at Goodison Park
	Manchester United	Semi-finals	1–2 (play-off)	Ferencváros	Stadion Albert Flórián
1965–66	Everton	Second round	2–4	Újpesti Dozsa	0–3 at Szusza Ferenc Stadium 2–1 at Goodison Park
	Chelsea	Semi-finals	0–5 (play-off)	Barcelona	Camp Nou
	Leeds United		1–3 (play-off)	Zaragoza	Elland Road
1966–67	West Bromwich Albion	Third round	1–6	Bologna	0–3 at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 1–3 at The Hawthorns
	Burnley	Quarter-finals	2–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	1–1 at Waldstadion 1–2 at Turf Moor
	Leeds United	Final	0–2	Dinamo Zagreb	0–2 at Maksimir Stadium 0–0 at Elland Road
1967–68	Nottingham Forest	Second round	2–2 (a)	Zürich	2–1 at City Ground 0–1 at Letzigrund
	Liverpool	Third round	0–2	Ferencváros	0–1 at Stadion Albert Flórián 0–1 at Anfield
	Leeds United	Winners	1–0		1–0 at Elland Road 0–0 at Népstadion
1968–69	Liverpool	First round	3–3 (coin toss)	Athletic Bilbao	1–2 at San Mamés 2–1 at Anfield
	Chelsea	Second round	0–0 (coin toss)	DWS	0–0 at Stamford Bridge 0–0 at
	Leeds United		0–3	Újpesti Dozsa	0–1 at Elland Road 0–2 at Szusza Ferenc Stadium
	Newcastle United	Winners	6–2		3–0 at St James' Park 3–2 at Szusza Ferenc Stadium
1969–70	Liverpool	Second round	3–3 (a)	Vitória de Setúbal	0–1 at Estádio do Bonfim 3–2 at Anfield
	Southampton	Third round	1–1 (a)	Newcastle United	0–0 at St James' Park 1–1 at The Dell
	Newcastle United	Quarter-finals	3–3 (a)	Anderlecht	0–2 at Parc Astrid 3–1 at St James' Park
	Arsenal	Winners	4–3		1–3 at Parc Astrid 3–0 at Highbury
1970–71	Coventry City	Second round	3–7	Bayern Munich	1–6 at Grünwalder Stadion 2–1 at Highfield Road
	Newcastle United		2–2 (2–5 p)	Pécsi Dózsa	2–0 at St James' Park 0–2 at Stadion PMFC
	Arsenal	Quarter-finals	2–2 (a)	1. FC Köln	2–1 at Highbury 0–1 at Müngersdorfer Stadion
	Liverpool	Semi-finals	0–1	Leeds United	0–1 at Anfield 0–0 at Elland Road
	Leeds United	Winners	3–3 (a)	Juventus	2–2 at Stadio Comunale di Torino 1–1 at Elland Road
1971	Leeds United	Runners-up	1–2	Barcelona	Single match play-off between the most successful clubs to decide the permanent keepers of the trophy; played at Camp Nou, Barcelona.

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup[]

English clubs won the competition eight times and reached the final on five other occasions.

Season	Club	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
1960–61	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Semi-final	1–3	Rangers	0–2 at Ibrox Park 1–1 at Molineux Stadium
1961–62	Leicester City	First round	1–3	Atlético Madrid	1–1 at Filbert Street 0–2 at Estadio Metropolitano
1962–63	Tottenham Hotspur	Winners	5–1	Atlético Madrid	De Kuip, Rotterdam
1963–64		Second round	3–4	Manchester United	2–0 at Parc Lescure 1–4 at Old Trafford
	Manchester United	Quarter-finals	4–6	Sporting CP	4–1 at Old Trafford 0–5 at Estádio José Alvalade
1964–65	West Ham United	Winners	2–0	1860 Munich	Wembley, London
1965–66		Semi-final	2–5	Borussia Dortmund	1–2 at Boleyn Ground 1–3 at Stadion Rote Erde
	Liverpool	Final	1–2 (a.e.t.)		Hampden Park, Glasgow
1966–67	Everton	Second round	1–2	Zaragoza	0–2 at La Romareda 1–0 at Goodison Park
1967–68	Tottenham Hotspur	Second round	4–4 (a)	Lyon	0–1 at Parc Lescure 4–3 at White Hart Lane
1968–69	West Bromwich Albion	Quarter-finals	0–1	Dunfermline Athletic	0–0 at The Hawthorns 0–1 at East End Park
1969–70	Manchester City	Winners	2–1	Górnik Zabrze	Praterstadion, Vienna
1970–71		Semi-final	1–3	Chelsea	0–1 at Stamford Bridge 0–1 at Maine Road
	Chelsea	Winners	2–1	Real Madrid	Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Replay after 1–1 draw at same venue
1971–72		Second round	1–1 (a)	Åtvidaberg	0–0 at Kopparvallen 1–1 at Stamford Bridge
	Liverpool		1–3	Bayern Munich	0–0 at Anfield 1–3 at Grünwalder Stadion
1972–73	Leeds United	Final	0–1	Milan	Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
1973–74	Sunderland	Second round	2–3	Sporting CP	2–1 at Roker Park 0–2 at Estádio José Alvalade
1974–75	Liverpool	Second round	1–1 (a)	Ferencváros	1–1 at Anfield 0–0 at Stadion Albert Flórián
1975–76	West Ham United	Final	2–4	Anderlecht	Heysel Stadium, Brussels
1976–77	Southampton	Quarter-finals	2–3	Anderlecht	0–2 at Émile Versé Stadium 2–1 at The Dell
1977–78	Manchester United	Second round	5–6	Porto	0–4 at Estadio Das Antas 5–2 at Old Trafford
1978–79	Ipswich Town	Quarter-final	2–2 (a)	Barcelona	2–1 at Portman Road 0–1 at Camp Nou
1979–80	Arsenal	Final	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 pen.)	Valencia	Heysel Stadium, Brussels
1980–81	West Ham United	Quarter-final	2–4	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–4 at Boleyn Ground 1–0 at Lenin Dinamo Stadium
1981–82	Tottenham Hotspur	Semi-final	1–2	Barcelona	1–1 at White Hart Lane 0–1 at Camp Nou
1982–83		Second round	2–5	Bayern Munich	1–1 at White Hart Lane 1–4 at Olympiastadion
1983–84	Manchester United	Semi-final	2–3	Juventus	1–1 at Old Trafford 1–2 at Stadio Comunale
1984–85	Everton	Winners	2–1	Rapid Wien	De Kuip, Rotterdam
1985–86	Banned
1986–87	Banned
1987–88	Banned
1988–89	Banned
1989–90	Banned
1990–91	Manchester United	Winners	2–1	Barcelona	De Kuip, Rotterdam
1991–92		Second Round	1–4	Atlético Madrid	0–3 at Vicente Calderon 1–1 at Old Trafford
	Tottenham Hotspur	Quarter-final	0–1	Feyenoord	0–1 at De Kuip 0–0 at White Hart Lane
1992–93	Liverpool	Second round	2–6	Spartak Moscow	2–4 at Luzhniki 0–2 at Anfield
1993–94	Arsenal	Winners	1–0	Parma	Parken, Copenhagen
1994–95	Chelsea	Semi-final	3–4	Zaragoza	0–3 at La Romareda 3–1 at Stamford Bridge
	Arsenal	Final	1–2 (a.e.t.)		Parc des Princes, Paris
1995–96	Everton	Second round	0–1	Feyenoord	0–0 at Goodison Park 0–1 at De Kuip
1996–97	Liverpool	Semi-final	2–3	Paris Saint-Germain	0–3 at Parc des Princes 2–0 at Anfield
1997–98	Chelsea	Winners	1–0	VfB Stuttgart	Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm
1998–99	Newcastle United	First Round	2–2 (a)	Partizan	2–1 at St James' Park 0–1 at Partizan Stadium
	Chelsea	Semi-final	1–2	Mallorca	1–1 at Stamford Bridge 0–1 at Estadio Lluís Sitjar

UEFA Intertoto Cup[]

Year	Club	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
1995	Sheffield Wednesday	2nd in group stage	N/A	Karlsruher SC, Basel, AGF, Górnik Zabrze
	Tottenham Hotspur	4th in group stage	N/A	1. FC Köln, Luzern, Östers IF, Rudar Velenje
	Wimbledon			Bursaspor, Košice, Charleroi, Beitar Jerusalem
1996	No entrants
1997
1998	Crystal Palace	Third round	0–4	Samsunspor	0–2 at Selhurst Park 0–2 at Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadium
1999	West Ham United	Winners	3–2	Metz	0–1 at Boleyn Ground 3–1 at Stade Saint-Symphorien
2000	Bradford City	Fourth round	0–4	Zenit Saint Petersburg	0–1 at Petrovsky Stadium 0–3 at Valley Parade
	Aston Villa	Fourth round	1–3	Celta Vigo	0–1 at Balaídos 1–2 at Villa Park
2001	Newcastle United	Final	4–4 (a)	Troyes	0–0 at Stade de l'Aube 4–4 at St James' Park
	Aston Villa	Winners	5–2	Basel	1–1 at St. Jakob-Park 4–1 at Villa Park
2002		Fourth round	1–3	Lille	1–1 at Stade Grimonprez-Jooris 0–2 at Villa Park
	Fulham	Winners	5–3	Bologna	2–2 at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 3–1 at Craven Cottage
2003	No entrants
2004
2005	Newcastle United	Fourth round	2–4	Deportivo La Coruña	1–2 at Estadio Riazor 1–2 at St James' Park
2006		Winners	4–1	Lillestrøm	1–1 at St James' Park 3–0 at Åråsen Stadion
2007	Blackburn Rovers	Won in third round	6–0	Vėtra	2–0 at Vėtra Stadium 4–0 at Ewood Park
2008	Aston Villa	Won in third round	3–2	Odense	2–2 at Fionia Park 1–0 at Villa Park

Performance summary by competition[]

European Cup and UEFA Champions League[]

The UEFA Champions League (previously known as the European Cup) is a seasonal club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. The prize, the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is considered the most prestigious club trophy in the sport.

As of the end of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League season, English clubs have fourteen European Cup wins. The most recent English win came in 2021 when Chelsea defeated Manchester City 1–0 at the Estádio do Dragão. A record five English clubs have won Europe's premier club competition: Liverpool six times, the first English team to retain the cup (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005 and 2019), Manchester United three times and the first English team to win the European Cup (1968, 1999 and 2008), Nottingham Forest twice, being the second English team to retain the European Cup (1979 and 1980), Chelsea twice (2012 and 2021) and Aston Villa once (1982). English clubs also hold the records for the most consecutive tournament victories by clubs from one country (six wins between 1977 and 1982 by Liverpool, Forest and Villa) as well as the most consecutive defeats in the final (four teams were runners-up once each between 2006 and 2009).

Wolves' formative steps[]

Wolverhampton Wanderers were a dominant English side in the 1950s, being League champions three times (1953–54, 1957–58 and 1958–59), under the management of Stan Cullis. Wolves also finished League runners-up on five occasions, most recently in 1959–60. In 1954, before anyone had really expanded the borders of domestic football, after recently winning the first division for the first time Wolves thought they would test themselves against Hungarian giants Honved.

At the time, Honved had Ferenc Puskás, who was a star player on the world stage. The match was part of Wolves' series of 'floodlit friendlies' which turned out to be the spark that created the European Cup as it came to be known. Wolves won 3–2, playing under the rare sight of floodlights in England, and it attracted attention all over Europe. The game was also broadcast live on the BBC and would become possibly the moment that the European Cup was truly born.

Wolves had also beaten a Spartak Moscow side earlier in the series, and the Daily Mail crowned them 'champions of the world' after sinking the Hungarians. But Gabriel Hanon, editor of L'Equipe at the time, hit back, saying the English side needed to win in Budapest or Moscow before they could claim that title. Hanon was at Molineux for the match and enjoyed it so much he started a campaign to introduce a competition where Europe’s elite clubs would face off against each other regularly.

Early years: 1955–1967[]

As champions of The Football League in 1954–55, Chelsea were scheduled to become England's representatives in the inaugural European Champions' Cup competition, to be staged the following season. Indeed, they were drawn to face Swedish champions Djurgården in the first round. However, Chelsea were denied by the intervention of the Football League, in particular their secretary Alan Hardaker, who persuaded them to withdraw.^[9][10]

Instead, the 1955–56 league champions, Manchester United, became the first English club to compete in the new competition. They faced R.S.C. Anderlecht in the preliminary round, winning the first leg 2–0 away from home. Dennis Viollet scored the opening goal, the first for an English club in the European Cup, and he went on to become the tournament's top scorer that season, scoring nine goals. Four goals from Viollet and a hat-trick from Tommy Taylor helped United to achieve a 10–0 second leg victory as they progressed 12–0 on aggregate.^[11] United's first three home ties of the competition were played at Manchester City's Maine Road ground, since the floodlights at Old Trafford were still in the process of being installed and were not switched on until March 1957.^[12] After next eliminating Borussia Dortmund and Athletic Bilbao, United lost to holders Real Madrid in the semi-final, 5–3 on aggregate.^[11] They did retain their league title however, to ensure their place in the following season's European Cup.

Tottenham Hotspur reached the semi-finals of the 1961–62 tournament, but were knocked out by Benfica.

The next two seasons were less successful in terms of progress by English clubs. Ipswich Town began the 1962–63 competition with a 14–1 aggregate victory over Floriana (including a 10–0 second leg win), but lost in the first round to A.C. Milan, who went on to win the final at Wembley. A year later Everton were beaten by another Milan club, Internazionale, in the preliminary round.

Manchester United win at Wembley: 1967–1976[]

Wembley Stadium was the venue for two English victories in the European Cup: Manchester United won there in 1968, as did Liverpool ten years later.

Leeds United centre forward Mick Jones was the top scorer in the 1969–70 tournament; his eight goals helped his club to reach the semi-final stage, where they lost to Celtic. Jones scored a hat-trick in Leeds' 10–0 first round first leg win over Lyn Oslo, a match in which his team mate Michael O'Grady had opened the scoring after just 35 seconds, at the time believed to be the fastest goal in European Cup history.^[13] In 1970–71, Everton reached the quarter-final, where they lost to Panathinaikos on the away goals rule. In the early rounds, Everton had won the competition's first ever penalty shootout when they eliminated Borussia Mönchengladbach.^[14] Arsenal made their first European Cup appearance in 1971–72. They were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Ajax, who went on to win the second of three consecutive European Cups, while Arsenal would not feature in the competition for another twenty years. In 1975, Leeds United faced Bayern Munich, of Germany in the final of the tournament in Paris. The game emerged as one of the most controversial matches in football history as it transpired that match fixing played a part in the latter's 2-0 victory with both goals benefiting from dubious refereeing decisions. Leeds United supporters often sing at both home and away matches proclaiming themselves 'champions of Europe,' after feeling aggrieved by the injustice of that night.

Derby County returned to the competition in 1975–76, but this time were defeated at the second round stage by Real Madrid. A Charlie George hat-trick gave Derby a 4–1 first leg victory, but Madrid progressed thanks to a 5–1 extra time win in the second leg.^[15]

English domination: 1976–1984[]

Liverpool led the way with domination. Beating any team out in front of them, they were unstoppable. Whereas the early to mid-1970s had seen three successive European Cup victories each for Ajax and Bayern Munich, the competition was dominated by English clubs in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Between 1977 and 1982, English teams won a record six successive finals. The sequence began when Liverpool, managed by Bob Paisley, beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3–1 in the 1977 European Cup Final, in what was striker Kevin Keegan's last game for the club.^[16] Keegan's replacement Kenny Dalglish scored the only goal of the 1978 final against Club Brugge as Liverpool became the first English club to retain the trophy.^[17] Meanwhile, Brian Clough's Nottingham Forest had succeeded Liverpool as English champions, and the two teams faced each other in the first round of the 1978–79 European Cup in the first meeting of two English clubs in the competition. Nottingham Forest won the tie on the way to reaching the final, where they beat Malmö 1–0. Forest was the third club to win the tournament at their first attempt, after Real Madrid in 1955–56 and Internazionale in 1963–64.^[18]

Liverpool was again eliminated in the first round in 1979–80, while Forest retained the trophy, beating Hamburg 1–0 in the final. The following season it was Nottingham Forest's turn to make a first round exit as Liverpool went all the way to the final, where they beat Real Madrid 1–0 to secure their third European Cup under Bob Paisley. Liverpool's Terry McDermott and Graeme Souness were the tournament's joint top scorers, alongside Bayern Munich's Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, with six goals apiece.^[19] Liverpool failed to retain the trophy on this occasion as they were beaten in the quarter-finals by CSKA Sofia in the 1981–82 competition. A sixth successive English victory was still achieved however, as Aston Villa, playing in the European Cup for the first time, beat Bayern Munich 1–0 in the final in Rotterdam.^[20] The run of victories by English clubs came to an end in 1982–83 when both Liverpool and Aston Villa went out at the quarter-final stage after losing to Widzew Łódź and Juventus respectively.^[21] In the 1983–84 competition, Liverpool once again reached the final, where they faced Roma in the latter's home stadium, the Stadio Olimpico. The match finished 1–1 after extra time and Liverpool won the subsequent penalty shootout (4–2) to lift their fourth European Cup. It was the first time that the final had been settled by spot kicks.^[22]

Heysel and its repercussions: 1984–1992[]

Liverpool's participation in the 1984–85 European Cup marked their ninth successive season in the competition. They again made it to the final, but lost out 1–0 to Juventus after Michel Platini scored a second-half penalty. 1985 was the year of the Heysel Stadium disaster, which led to all English clubs being banned from the European Cup.

In the 1991–92 season, Arsenal were the first team to represent England in the European Cup after English teams were allowed back in. Arsenal lost out over two legs in the second round to Benfica.

1990s: Champions League introduced[]

Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored the winning goal for Manchester United in the 1999 Champions League Final.

The 1992–93 season saw the competition rebranded as the UEFA Champions League, a move that formalised the mini-league format that had been introduced the previous year.^[23] After winning the inaugural Premier League title, Manchester United entered the Champions League in 1993–94, the first time in a quarter of a century that they had played in European football's leading club competition. United failed to reach the group stage however, losing out on away goals to Galatasaray following a 3–3 aggregate scoreline in their second round tie.^[24]

A further change to the competition occurred in 1994–95, when the first and second rounds were replaced by four mini-leagues of four teams each, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the quarter-finals.^[25] As one of eight seeded teams, Manchester United were given a bye directly to the group stage, but missed out on the quarter-finals after finishing third, behind Barcelona on goal difference.^[26] In 1995–96, Blackburn Rovers were England's Champions League representatives, but their campaign was not a successful one as they won just one of their six group games and failed to qualify for the latter stages.^[27]

Manchester United's return to the Champions League in 1996–97 was the first of 18 consecutive seasons in which Manchester United qualified to enter the competition. They progressed through the group stages for the first time and went on to reach the semi-final, losing to eventual winners Borussia Dortmund.^[28] United topped their mini-league in the following season's group stages,^[29] but were defeated by AS Monaco on away goals in the quarter-finals.^[30] Also representing England in 1997–98 were Newcastle United, after the runners-up from Europe's top eight leagues were allowed to enter for the first time.^[31] Newcastle successfully negotiated the second qualifying round, but could only finish third in their group, despite a victory over Barcelona in the opening group game.^[32]

2000s: rise to European dominance and subsequent decline[]

Premier League teams gradually improved their performance in the Champions League until a peak centred on the 2008 season, followed by a significant decline thereafter. They had no semi-finalists for the first four seasons (1993 to 1996). They then had four semi-finalists (Manchester United in 1997, 1999, and 2002, and Leeds United in 2001) over the next seven seasons (1997 to 2003), one of whom went on to become champions (Manchester United in 1999). They then had four semi-finalists (Chelsea in 2004 and 2005, Liverpool in 2005, and Arsenal in 2006) in the next three seasons (2004 to 2006), with Arsenal going on to be runners-up in 2006 and Liverpool winning in 2005.

They then peaked with nine semi-finalists (Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool in both 2007 and 2008, and Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal in 2009) in the next three seasons (2007 to 2009), with Liverpool (2007), Chelsea (2008), and Manchester United (2009) going on to be runners-up, and Manchester United going on to win an all-English final against Chelsea in 2008, a year in which none of the four English teams were eliminated by anybody except another English team. Around this time, then-UEFA president Michel Platini began to make statements which resulted in a widespread perception that he was anti-English,^[33] which some attributed to his alleged fear of English domination in European club competition.^[34][35]

However, this dominance did not produce a corresponding number of titles. At its most dominant, from 2007 to 2009, the Premier League had 75% (9 out of 12) of the semi-finalists, 67% (4 out of 6) of the finalists, 100% (3 out of 3) of the runners-up, but only 33% (1 out of 3) of the winners (Manchester United in 2008), with the other two titles going to Milan in 2007 and Barcelona in 2009. And English dominance did not last, with the Premier League managing only two semi-finalists (Manchester United in 2011, and Chelsea in 2012) over the next four seasons (2010 to 2013), although Manchester United went on to be runners-up in 2011, and Chelsea won in 2012. In 2013, no Premier League side reached the last eight for the first time since 1996 (in a time when England were only entitled to one Champions League place compared to 2013's four), only two (Manchester United and Arsenal) made it to the last 16, and Chelsea became the first defending champions to fail to make it past the group stage of the Champions League,^[36] although by finishing third in their group they did manage to qualify for the UEFA Europa League, which they went on to win.

At that time, it was noted that if the decline continued for long enough, it could in theory eventually deprive the Premier League of its entitlement to have four teams in the Champions League each year, which it has had since 2005, but the coefficient tables gave little cause for concern from an English perspective, as all England's relevant coefficients were ahead of fourth-placed Italy's, and this did not change until 2018, when the quotas were adjusted by UEFA to guarantee four Champions League places to each of the top four nations, with those clubs going into the Group stage directly rather than having to navigate qualifying rounds.^[37]

The downward trend was reversed in 2018–19, when all four Premier League entrants (including Liverpool, who had reached the 2018 final) progressed to the quarter-finals. Despite the general decline in the levels of success from what English clubs had enjoyed a decade earlier, and the consistent high levels for other nations, particularly Spain, England remains the only nation to have four of the last eight participants in the competition, with 2018–19 joining 2007–08 and 2008–09 in that regard (Liverpool and Manchester United were involved in all three campaigns).^[38] In addition, English sides sealed all of the final places in both UEFA competitions in that season.

English finalists in European Cup and UEFA Champions League[]

Five English clubs have either the European Cup or UEFA Champions League. Liverpool have won six times which is the most of any English club.

FIFA Club World Cup[]

The FIFA Club World Cup (or the FIFA Club World Championship, as it was originally called) has been won by English clubs twice (Manchester United in 2008 and Liverpool in 2019),^[39] Liverpool and Chelsea were runners-up once each.

English clubs in the Intercontinental Cup[]

Year	Club	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
2000	Manchester United	Group Stage	N/A	Vasco da Gama, Necaxa, South Melbourne	Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
2005	Liverpool	Runners-up	0–1	São Paulo	International Stadium, Yokohama
2008	Manchester United	Winners	1–0	LDU Quito
2012	Chelsea	Runners-up	0–1	Corinthians
2019	Liverpool	Winners	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Flamengo	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha

Intercontinental Cup[]

Before being supplanted by the FIFA Club World Cup, the now defunct Intercontinental Cup served as a de facto annual world club championship contested by the European and South American club champions. Manchester United won it in 1999, the only time an English team won. English clubs contested the cup on five other occasions (1968, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1984), losing each time.

Additionally, English clubs have initially qualified for the Intercontinental Cup but withdrew from participation, namely Liverpool in 1977 and Nottingham Forest in 1979. Both berths were eventually taken by the respective European Cup losing finalists. Liverpool also qualified for the 1978 edition but they and opponents Boca Juniors declined to play each other, making it a no contest.

English clubs in the Intercontinental Cup[]

Year	Club	Progress	Score	Opponents	Venue(s)
1968	Manchester United	Runners-up	1–2	Estudiantes	0–1 at La Bombonera, 1–1 at Old Trafford
1977	Liverpool declined to take part.
1978	Liverpool declined to take part – no match was played.
1979	Nottingham Forest declined to take part.
1980	Nottingham Forest	Runners-up	0–1	Nacional	National Stadium, Tokyo
1981	Liverpool	Runners-up	0–3	Flamengo
1982	Aston Villa	Runners-up	0–2	Peñarol
1984	Liverpool	Runners-up	0–1	Independiente
1999	Manchester United	Winners	1–0	Palmeiras

See also[]

• History of the European Cup and UEFA Champions League
• List of football matches between British clubs in UEFA competitions

References[]